The risk of the Wikileaks founder killing himself is removed by assurances from the US, judges find.
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Julian Assange has moved closer to being extradited from the UK to the US, after the US government won the latest stage in its extradition bid.
The US had appealed against a January UK court ruling that the Wikileaks founder could not be extradited due to concerns over his mental health.
But judges ruled the risk of suicide was removed by assurances from the US.
He is wanted in the US over the publication of thousands of classified documents in 2010 and 2011.
Senior judges found the judge had based her decision in January on the risk of Mr Assange being held in highly restrictive prison conditions if extradited.
However, the US authorities later gave assurances that he would not face those strictest measures unless he committed an act in the future that merited them.
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